University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center is the flagship academic medical center at the core of UH’s 18 hospital health system that serves patients across northern Ohio. Through faculty appointments at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and through research conducted with support from UH’s Harrington Discovery Institute, physician-scientists at UH Cleveland Medical Center are advancing medical care through education and innovative research that brings the latest treatment options to patients regionally and around the world.

According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, approximately 70 million Americans suffer from sleep problems. Whether patients with sleep issues find themselves tired throughout the day, have difficulty remembering details or have serious interruptions to their day, poor sleep health can have a large impact on overall health.

There are currently more than 80 types of recognized sleep disorders, including:

Great advances in diagnosing and treating these disorders have been made since the 1950s, when sleep medicine began to see significant expansion in research. Today, there are hundreds of sleep labs in the U.S., including those at UH Elyria Medical Center.